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Beaverhausen

(24,470 posts)
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:09 PM Mar 2022

Trump begs for money for his plane after 'emergency landing'

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-begs-plane-money/?fbclid=IwAR3mbZkoCyl8bTqJ3UlLJeZsbwNR1S2jgRxKigYQGbKlZjmBdI97kLyAkTI

Former President Donald Trump was flying from New Orleans back to Palm Beach when he was forced to make an emergency landing. Now, he's asking supporters to send him money.

In an email to supporters mere hours after the news broke on his travel issues, Trump was asking them to pay for Trump Force One.

"Do you remember Trump Force One?" the email asks. "Before becoming the greatest President of all time, I traveled the Country in my plane, known as Trump Force One. I have a very important update on my plane, but I need to trust that you won’t share it with anyone: my team is building a BRAND NEW Trump Force One."

According to the email, paid for by Save America JFC, the work on the plane has been "under wraps." He claims that the media doesn't know about it, which is false given the reports that he purchased a new engine for the plane and that it had to make an emergency landing last year in Nashville.

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Trump begs for money for his plane after 'emergency landing' (Original Post) Beaverhausen Mar 2022 OP
trump and his sleazy spawn beg for money when they have to blow their nose. appleannie1 Mar 2022 #1
I thought his private plane was parked somewhere and deteriorating dflprincess Mar 2022 #3
The plane with engine failure belonged to one of his donors. appleannie1 Mar 2022 #14
Yes, his own plane is an aging 757. Last anyone heard, it was parked somewhere in upstate NY... keep_left Mar 2022 #23
N757AF was flown to Louisiana for servicing last November Eugene Mar 2022 #25
At the beginning of his administration he floated the idea of using his plane as AF1. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2022 #63
Sounds a lot like DENVERPOPS Mar 2022 #40
trDUMP'ies gotta blow their noses ... magicarpet Mar 2022 #48
You're a fucking Billionaire, Donny! Pay for it yourself! ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2022 #2
I'll contribute dflprincess Mar 2022 #6
I'd Contribute To The Old 737 Max... GB_RN Mar 2022 #67
I'll contribute a frozen chicken for each engine and Habitation Mar 2022 #73
Yea the thing Rebl2 Mar 2022 #12
And He Never Was ProfessorGAC Mar 2022 #49
You are so right Rebl2 Mar 2022 #70
besides grifting, whining and begging onethatcares Mar 2022 #19
They call it "lobbying". SergeStorms Mar 2022 #44
Republican grifter on the make. As usual. Achilleaze Mar 2022 #4
I'll build him a plane Jerry2144 Mar 2022 #5
If he doesn't get a new plane by Christmas, is God going to "call him home"? Midnight Writer Mar 2022 #7
LOL - That's exactly what came to mind... Totally Tunsie Mar 2022 #35
I doubt it would be God "calling him home." calimary Mar 2022 #69
The cons just keep coming vlyons Mar 2022 #8
He just doesn't know when to quit PatSeg Mar 2022 #28
Until they smarten up.... SergeStorms Mar 2022 #51
as PT Barnum once famously said vlyons Mar 2022 #57
And apparently.... SergeStorms Mar 2022 #72
He may have underestimated that number PatSeg Mar 2022 #75
Yes, you're probably right PatSeg Mar 2022 #74
JFC? uh...okay n/t hibbing Mar 2022 #9
Yeah.. Codifer Mar 2022 #38
Jeebus effing christ. MontanaMama Mar 2022 #59
I mean, that's typicaly what I say when I see something he's said or done, so it works... LymphocyteLover Mar 2022 #43
I'll be damned maxrandb Mar 2022 #10
LOL evolves Mar 2022 #15
Winner! Lucky Luciano Mar 2022 #41
LOL They just don't land very well. XacerbatedDem Mar 2022 #46
Good God. I thought maybe it was The Onion or Borowitz. But..it's NOT! n/t CousinIT Mar 2022 #11
This was not Trump's personal aircraft . . . markpkessinger Mar 2022 #13
+1. So he just forgot who owned it. Emile Mar 2022 #16
Anything to convince his gullible supporters to send him more money! n/t markpkessinger Mar 2022 #20
SNL skit idea NQAS Mar 2022 #17
More like Trump Farce One Too Many. Solly Mack Mar 2022 #18
Trump Force One malaise Mar 2022 #21
Let the Trump Force be with you. thenelm1 Mar 2022 #56
LOL malaise Mar 2022 #65
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Mar 2022 #66
I know, he's effing unbelievable, isn't he? smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #78
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Mar 2022 #22
Bet he soiled his Underoos when the engine failed. Ocelot II Mar 2022 #24
I think that engine might just be a spare, or else he got a temp cert to make one flight. keep_left Mar 2022 #27
Could be. In any event, refurbishing that thing will cost a fortune. Ocelot II Mar 2022 #30
Sounds like when Dump said he'd get a new, bigger Yacht as the Trump Princess was repossessed. Eugene Mar 2022 #26
I believe the "nearly" qualifier in that statement is unjustified... Wounded Bear Mar 2022 #29
got rid of his because he was in dept & needed - monkeyman1 Mar 2022 #32
How many billionaires do you know that do not have their own luxury plane? kentuck Mar 2022 #31
I want to help...... LPBBEAR Mar 2022 #33
rent the goodyear blimp ! fit him to a " T " !! monkeyman1 Mar 2022 #34
Time to hit up the rubes again. And they'll pay as they always do. Hassler Mar 2022 #36
We should send donations in RUBLES ! Captain Zero Mar 2022 #37
Fly coach idiot. boston bean Mar 2022 #39
Maybe Putin has a spare MIG he's not using rurallib Mar 2022 #42
He'd never fit in a MIG... SergeStorms Mar 2022 #53
He gets YoshidaYui Mar 2022 #45
It's ALL about the grift. n/t TygrBright Mar 2022 #47
He will treat them to a cold Big Mac and soggy fries. If that isn't incentive, what is? Norbert Mar 2022 #50
We should chip in and get him a Ford Tri-Motor! dchill Mar 2022 #52
"I'm so rich. I'm a billionaire. Please buy me an airplane." hahahahaha ZonkerHarris Mar 2022 #54
This forker will be on his proverbial death bed Pas-de-Calais Mar 2022 #55
Shameless Mr. Sparkle Mar 2022 #58
"Save America JFC" Martin Eden Mar 2022 #60
Let Mexico pay Traildogbob Mar 2022 #61
Save America Jesus Fucking Christ ?? That's the NAME OF A PAC??? TeamProg Mar 2022 #62
ASK PUTIN nt Wicked Blue Mar 2022 #64
"Save America JFC"? GB_RN Mar 2022 #68
It jumped out at me too ecstatic Mar 2022 #76
Hey Donny here's an idea Blue Owl Mar 2022 #71
Ask him about the Stop The Steal money dalton99a Mar 2022 #77

dflprincess

(28,072 posts)
3. I thought his private plane was parked somewhere and deteriorating
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:13 PM
Mar 2022

because he didn't have the money to move it to the desert.

appleannie1

(5,062 posts)
14. The plane with engine failure belonged to one of his donors.
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:20 PM
Mar 2022

They have probably given him so much money they can't afford a mechanic to check the engines in their plane.

keep_left

(1,780 posts)
23. Yes, his own plane is an aging 757. Last anyone heard, it was parked somewhere in upstate NY...
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:41 PM
Mar 2022

...and corroding in what is a very hostile climate for airplanes. There was talk of moving it for repainting and overhaul work, but one engine had been removed due to serious mechanical problems, and there were all sorts of obstacles to even getting the plane in the air again. There are two main problems: (1) the 757 is a white elephant with obsolete Rolls Royce engines, and (2) in the words of Otto from Repo Man, Drumpf is "a dildo who doesn't pay his bills". Here we have Drumpf once again trying to grift his fans to cover his own business expenses. Just a total cheapskate.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,311 posts)
63. At the beginning of his administration he floated the idea of using his plane as AF1.
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 09:00 PM
Mar 2022

Probably wanted the taxpayers to fix it up for him.

DENVERPOPS

(8,790 posts)
40. Sounds a lot like
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 07:08 PM
Mar 2022

Religious leaders, begging for more money because the Lord called them and said: You need a new Gulfstream or Helicopter....LOL

He couldn't have picked a more perfect group of people to launch his grifting........

magicarpet

(14,119 posts)
48. trDUMP'ies gotta blow their noses ...
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 07:54 PM
Mar 2022

Well,... someone has to pay for the tissues.

Grifters and fraudsters to not pick up the tab,... they always dump the bill in somebody elses lap.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,722 posts)
2. You're a fucking Billionaire, Donny! Pay for it yourself!
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:12 PM
Mar 2022

How many Billionaires(American Oligarchs) beg for money to keep their Yachts and Planes in good working order?

Sounds like a GRIFT to me.

Rebl2

(13,462 posts)
12. Yea the thing
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:19 PM
Mar 2022

is, he’s not a billionaire. His boss putin is having problems getting $ to him right now. Poor donny and puty. 😁

ProfessorGAC

(64,852 posts)
49. And He Never Was
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 07:55 PM
Mar 2022

But, if just took daddy's money and invested in index funds he would be.
He could have done NOTHING and ended up with 10-40 times what he actually has.
All that grifting & hustling & branding to burn money instead of making it.
Great businessman my rear!

onethatcares

(16,161 posts)
19. besides grifting, whining and begging
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:26 PM
Mar 2022

the live off our tax payer dollars. Biggest scam going,.....run for office.....get elected.....rinse/lather/repeat.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
4. Republican grifter on the make. As usual.
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:13 PM
Mar 2022

How many millions of our tax dollars went to pay for the Republican "billionaire" to play luxury golf at deluxe, gourmet golf courses?

The Republicans should reimburse the American taxpayers for that stinking ripoff.

Midnight Writer

(21,712 posts)
7. If he doesn't get a new plane by Christmas, is God going to "call him home"?
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:16 PM
Mar 2022

Old televangelist trick. He uses a lot of their techniques, and fleeces much of the same audience.

calimary

(81,110 posts)
69. I doubt it would be God "calling him home."
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 09:49 PM
Mar 2022

Somebody would be, but I think it might not be in - um - let's just say the "DOWN" direction.

PatSeg

(47,260 posts)
28. He just doesn't know when to quit
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:51 PM
Mar 2022

Soliciting donations from his base is now his default setting. How long does he actually believe he can keep this up?

The grift goes on, the grift goes on
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da



SergeStorms

(19,186 posts)
51. Until they smarten up....
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 07:59 PM
Mar 2022

and stop sending money?

They're developmentally challenged in the first place. They've gone "all in" with this grifting pig, so I think he'll be putting the squeeze on them from beyond the grave.

You watch. His grifting family will demand donations to build the biggest, ugliest and most godawful monstrosity of a "memorial" to the Orange Asshole in Washington when he finally dies. Mark my words, they will.

PatSeg

(47,260 posts)
74. Yes, you're probably right
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 10:19 AM
Mar 2022

The family will keep up the grift until they've sucked every last penny from the gullible base. It is in their entitled nature.

Codifer

(541 posts)
38. Yeah..
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 07:06 PM
Mar 2022

I wondered about "JFC" also. Is something in Utah?

I get confused when I am tired... and I am so very tired.

MontanaMama

(23,295 posts)
59. Jeebus effing christ.
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 08:44 PM
Mar 2022

Up here in big sky country it’s JHRC. Jeebus H Roosevelt Christ. I don’t know why…it just is.

markpkessinger

(8,392 posts)
13. This was not Trump's personal aircraft . . .
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:20 PM
Mar 2022

Per the Washington post:

The plane belonged to a donor who loaned it to Trump for the evening, according to people familiar with the matter. The plane’s tail number was linked to a Utah-based company that is the trustee for more than 1,400 planes. The donor’s identity could not be immediately verified.


See https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/09/trump-plane-engine-failure-gulf-mexico-new-orleans/

Response to thenelm1 (Reply #56)

Response to Beaverhausen (Original post)

Ocelot II

(115,587 posts)
24. Bet he soiled his Underoos when the engine failed.
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:44 PM
Mar 2022

Even though a Falcon 900 has three engines, and while losing one is technically an emergency requiring a landing at the nearest suitable airport, he was never in any danger. His own airplane, an old B-757, was in storage but recently was able to obtain the new engine it needed, and it was briefly able to fly again. On that first flight, in November of 2021, it had return to the airport, but the nature of the problem was not reported. Apparently it is still undergoing maintenance at Chennault Airport in LA. TFG won't be able to get it back until he pays for that work (there are probably mechanics' liens on it), which might explain this round of grifting.

keep_left

(1,780 posts)
27. I think that engine might just be a spare, or else he got a temp cert to make one flight.
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:50 PM
Mar 2022

That was the regulatory nightmare Drumpf was up against when his plane was stuck in NY. I didn't know it had even moved yet. It's certainly in rough shape from having sat outdoors in upstate NY for so long. Wait 'til he sees the bills come due for work on old Rolls Royce engines, not to mention paint work. Some colors are $300/gallon.

Ocelot II

(115,587 posts)
30. Could be. In any event, refurbishing that thing will cost a fortune.
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:53 PM
Mar 2022

And TGF doesn't like to (or can't)pay for anything himself.

Forgot to include the link with the info: https://simpleflying.com/trump-boeing-757-flies-again/

Eugene

(61,809 posts)
26. Sounds like when Dump said he'd get a new, bigger Yacht as the Trump Princess was repossessed.
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:49 PM
Mar 2022

Nearly everything TFG says is bull***t.

 

monkeyman1

(5,109 posts)
32. got rid of his because he was in dept & needed -
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:59 PM
Mar 2022

to pay his ex ol' lady ! sold it to the Saudis !

kentuck

(111,052 posts)
31. How many billionaires do you know that do not have their own luxury plane?
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:53 PM
Mar 2022

Trump is bumming rides on unreliable planes.

And he is dependent upon all the suckers to send him money so he can buy a new one.

For real?

Pas-de-Calais

(9,901 posts)
55. This forker will be on his proverbial death bed
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 08:27 PM
Mar 2022


Messaging his idiotic followers

For $$$$

To pay his exorbitant hospital bill

Since he’s prevented leaving

Unless he pays

GB_RN

(2,334 posts)
68. "Save America JFC"?
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 09:32 PM
Mar 2022

Anyone else notice that's the name of his PAC? Am I missing something, or is the atheist tRump putting in a dig at his uber religious followers: Jesus F***king Christ?

ecstatic

(32,652 posts)
76. It jumped out at me too
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 10:26 AM
Mar 2022

Tfg and his cronies continue to openly mock their own supporters (the few that are left). I wonder if their supporters will ever catch on. Many of them may have already died during the pandemic.

:

Blue Owl

(50,259 posts)
71. Hey Donny here's an idea
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 10:58 PM
Mar 2022

Pay for your own goddamned luxury plane like an adult, you fat fucking sack of shit

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